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<p><font size="3"><b>Quick Start</b></font></p>

<p><font size="2">Below is a step by step guide that gives you the basics of 
Solar Vengeance 5.&nbsp; After reading the Quick Start, you can also try the 
special Tutorial Scenario included in the game, in the &quot;Beat2k Tutorial&quot; folder, 
after clicking Begin Game.&nbsp; When you play the Tutorial scenario, keep in 
mind the following:</font></p>
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  <li>Select the &quot;Beginner&quot; Brain for the easiest learning experience.</li>
  <li>The Tutorial actually has 4 phases.&nbsp; Select the phase to run when you 
  select the Tutorial by changing the Parameter in the lower left of the New 
  Game screen.</li>
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    <img border="0" src="StarLordProfile.gif" align="left" width="228" height="45"></font><p><font size="2">From the Title Screen, click the &quot;Star Lord Profile&quot; button to  set your Star Lord name, Insignia, 
    and preferred color.&nbsp; Here you can also select the 6 of 28 StarShip 
    types you can build during the game.&nbsp; For now, it's OK to leave the 
    first 6 StarShip types selected.</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">After you make your 
    selections, click Proceed to return to the Title Screen, then click Begin 
    New Game.&nbsp; Select the &quot;Classic&quot; Scenario and click Proceed to begin the 
    action!</font></td>
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    <img border="0" src="MyCapital.gif" align="left" width="337" height="205">The main objective in Solar 
    Vengeance is to capture your enemy Star Lords' Capital StarSystems.&nbsp; 
    You capture other StarSystems by building WarShips, and commanding them to 
    target the StarSystems you want to capture.&nbsp; When the game begins, you 
    are centered on your own Capital StarSystem and ready to build StarShips.&nbsp; 
    Click the Build StarShip button.</font></td>
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    <img border="0" src="BuildStarShip.gif" width="214" height="321" align="left"></font><p><font size="2">You now see a new user interface 
    that you use to select the type of StarShip you want to build.&nbsp; The 6 
    StarShip types you selected in your Profile are available to choose from.&nbsp; 
    You can also set the number of Engines to build, and in the case of WarShips, 
    the number of Weapons.&nbsp; In Solar Vengeance, a WarShip can only 
    damage/destroy an enemy WarShip if the attacking WarShip has a higher 
    Weapons rating.&nbsp; If you attack a WarShip that has a Weapons rating 
    equal or higher than yours, 
    your WarShip is destroyed!</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">Build a series of 
    WarShips with 8 Engines and 4 Weapons.&nbsp; We will use these to capture 
    nearby independent StarSystems to expand our empire, and allow us to 
    generate more Resources.&nbsp; Click the arrow buttons to build WarShips 
    next to your Capital StarSystem.</font></td>
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    <img border="0" src="WarShips.gif" width="206" height="197" align="left"><font size="2">After the WarShips appear, click 
    and drag the mouse to select all of them on the map.&nbsp; There is a nice 
    juicy StarSystem with a Value of 20 right next to our Capital, and we want to 
    capture that quickly.&nbsp; After the WarShips are selected, click the 
    target StarSystem to order them to attack it.</font></td>
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    <img border="0" src="StarSystemCaptured.gif" width="156" height="156" align="left"><p><font size="2">This is the result of our 
    attack.&nbsp; The StarSystem is captured, and now appears in our color.&nbsp; 
    Notice though that 5 of our WarShips were destroyed during the attack.&nbsp; 
    When a WarShip attacks a StarSystem, it reduces the StarSystem's Shields by 
    the number of Weapons the WarShip had, but the WarShip is destroyed during the attack.&nbsp; 
    Only when a StarSystem's Shields fall below zero is it captured.</font></p>
    <p>
    <font size="2">We should quickly build some Shields at our new StarSystem to 
    protect it against enemy attack.&nbsp; The new StarSystem currently has 10 
    Resources to build with, but will generate more as the game progresses.</font></td>
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    <img border="0" src="Scouting.gif" width="278" height="228" align="left"><p><font size="2">Next, build a ScanShip and scout 
    the area trying to locate your enemy.&nbsp; To move a StarShip, just click 
    on it, then click the location you want it to move to.</font></p>
    <p>
    <font size="2">Here, we have discovered a StarSystem that was captured by 
    the enemy Star Lord.&nbsp; We've also come across several of his StarShips.&nbsp; 
    The question mark icons indicate that we do not know what type of StarShips 
    they are.</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">Our ScanShip was attacked and damaged by one of the 
    StarShips, the one with the &quot;W1?&quot; below it.&nbsp; This tells us that we know 
    that this StarShip has a Weapon rating of at least 1.</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">The only way to determine the exact details of an enemy 
    StarShip is to use the SpyShip (a more expensive type of ScanShip) or the 
    InkSpot (which identifies and permanently tags enemy StarShips so they are 
    always visible to you.)</font></td>
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    <img border="0" src="EnemyCapital.gif" width="299" height="285" align="left"><p><font size="2">We eventually locate the enemy 
    Capital StarSystem, indicated by the diamond surrounding it.&nbsp; By using 
    groups of WarShips, some with higher Weapons ratings, we can defeat the 
    enemy WarShips and capture the Star Lord's Capital.</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">This Quick 
    Start has only scratched the surface of the strategic options available in 
    Solar Vengeance.&nbsp; Familiarize yourself with the different StarShip 
    types, try them out, then go into battle against some computer Brain 
    opponents.</font></p>
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